ESPN Major League Baseball

ESPN Major League Baseball
GenreAmerican baseball game telecasts
Presented byVarious commentators
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons37
Production
Production locationsVarious MLB stadiums (game telecasts)
ESPN Headquarters, Bristol, Connecticut (2020)
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time210 minutes or until game ends (inc. adverts)
Production companyESPN
Original release
NetworkESPN
ReleaseApril 9, 1990 (1990-04-09) –
present
NetworkESPN2
ReleaseOctober 1, 1993 (1993-10-01) –
present
NetworkESPN+
ReleaseApril 12, 2018 (2018-04-12) –
present
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 29, 2020 (2020-09-29) –
present
Related
Baseball Tonight
Major League Baseball on ABC
Monday Night Baseball
Sunday Night Baseball
Wednesday Night Baseball
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ESPN Major League Baseball (also referred to as MLB on ESPN) is an American presentation of live Major League Baseball (MLB) games produced by ESPN. ESPN's MLB broadcasts have also aired on sister networks and platforms ESPN2, ESPN+ and ABC.

ESPN's MLB coverage debuted on April 9, 1990 with three Opening Day telecasts. ESPN has held the exclusive national broadcast rights to Sunday Night Baseball from 1990 to 2025. The network also airs the defending world champions game on Opening Day. In addition to regular-season games, ESPN also airs several spring training games per year, the All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game (until 2021) and Home Run Derby played the week of the All-Star Game. In 2014, ESPN returned to broadcasting the Major League Baseball postseason, and has held the exclusive rights to the entire Wild Card Series since 2022.

ESPN also airs a weekly highlight and commentary show called Baseball Tonight prior to the game as a lead-in to Sunday Night Baseball; previously it was a daily program until 2017, when layoffs cut back the show's airing to Sundays.

ESPN Radio has also been airing Major League Baseball since 1998 (succeeding CBS Radio), broadcasting Sunday Night Baseball as well as select other regular-season games, the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby, and the entire postseason including the Wild Card Game, Division Series, League Championship Series and World Series.

In a contract extension signed in 2021, ESPN Major League Baseball was originally to remain on the air through the 2028 season, but both ESPN and MLB exercised a mutual opt-out to terminate the agreement following the 2025 season. The two companies then signed a new agreement for those seasons.